The Champagne Cocktail was referenced as early as in 1855 in a book by Robert Tomes called “Panama in 1855”. It made it into the first ever cocktailbook in 1862 when it appeared in Jerry Thomas’s book “The Bar Tenders Guide” . Jerry Thomas is considered by many to be the father of American mixology.

Champagne cocktails were mentioned by Mark Twain in 1869 in his book Innocents Abroad but was surely drunk long before that. This version, also called Maharajah’s Burra-Peg (burra meaning big or important in hindi and peg being old British slang for drink) is taken from Charles H. Baker’s book The Gentleman’s Companion from 1939.

Even though this cocktail remains at true classic it definitely has its detractors. David Embury, famous for his book The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks called the cocktail “a decidedly inferior drink” and “an incongruous mess” that no true lover of Champagne should ever try. Just the thought of polluting Champagne with sugar and bitters was sacrilegious to him.

The Tulip glass was designed by Nils Landberg for the Swedish company Orrefors in 1957.